News Forum - As tourists return, Pattaya’s Walking Street set to close to cars again

[Thaiger]

Pattaya officials announced on Tuesday that starting today (Thursday), Walking Street will close to cars again, as it did in pre-Covid days. This news comes as more former bars have opened as ‘restaurants’. From 7pm to 6am the street will shut to be shut to cars again. The street has allowed cars at all hours since Covid-19 first broke out in 2020. But as Covid-19 restrictions ease, the number of people walking to Walking Street has increased, creating problems as people tried to veer around vehicle traffic. The Pattaya News reports that social media users have mostly given positive feedback after the […]

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[Bluesofa]

28 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

But as Covid-19 restrictions ease, the number of people walking to Walking Street has increased, creating problems as people tried to veer around vehicle traffic.
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Along with several back-peddles for the Thailand Pass, Thailand’s CCSA announced last week it also plans to ease another Covid-19 restriction- the alcohol curfew.

Shouldn't that be 'vehicular traffic'?
'several back-peddles' are bicycles to be banned too I wonder?
 

[palooka]

Probably save a lot of drunk imbeciles a trip to hospital or worse.